Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a sheet while conveying the sheet at an image forming speed, a discharge roller pair to discharge the sheet, a conveyance roller pair to convey the sheet from the image forming unit to the discharge roller pair, and a control unit to control a motor to switch a speed of the conveyance roller pair and the discharge roller pair between a first speed corresponding to the image forming speed and a second speed higher than the first speed. In first control, the speed is switched from the second to the first speed at timing at which a trailing end of the sheet reaches a first position. In second control, the speed is switched from the second to the first speed at timing at which a leading end of a subsequent sheet reaches a second position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a sheet while conveying the sheet at an image forming speed, a discharge roller pair to discharge the sheet, a conveyance roller pair to convey the sheet from the image forming unit to the discharge roller pair, and a control unit to control a motor to switch a speed of the conveyance roller pair and the discharge roller pair between a first speed corresponding to the image forming speed and a second speed higher than the first speed. In first control, the speed is switched from the second to the first speed at timing at which a trailing end of the sheet reaches a first position. In second control, the speed is switched from the second to the first speed at timing at which a leading end of a subsequent sheet reaches a second position.

Abstract: Methods of producing carboxylic acid ester derivatives of formulae (I) and (II), which are useful, for instance, as intermediates for producing an anti-hypercholesterolemic agent having an inhibitory effect on HMG-CoA Reductase: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently a protective group for hydroxyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 integrally constitute a protective group for hydroxyl groups; R.sup.3 is an alkyl group, or an aryl group; and R.sup.4 is a substituted aryl group, a substituted heterocyclic group, a substituted vinyl group, or a substituted cycloalkenyl group; and ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are respectively the same as defined in the above formula (I), are disclosed. In addition, intermediates for use in these methods of producing the carboxylic acid ester derivatives are disclosed.

Abstract: A 4-fluorobiphenyl derivative of formula (I), which is useful as a cholesterol lowering agent or a lipid lowering agent because of its strong inhibitory effect on HMG-CoA reductase), and which is also useful as an intermediate for producing the above-mentioned cholesterol lowering agent or lipid lowering agent: ##STR1## wherein A is a .omega.-oxycarbonyldihydroxybutyl group, a tetrahydropyranyl group, a .omega.-oxycarbonyl-3-oxobutyl group, a formyl group, or a cyano group; R.sup.1 is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, or a group represented by R.sup.5 O--, wherein R.sup.5 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group; R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group; R.sup.5 and R.sup.2 may form a five-membered ring or a six-membered ring in combination with the oxygen atoms to which R.sup.5 and R.sup.2 are respectively bonded, and R.sup.5 and R.sup.3 may form a five-membered ring or a six-membered ring in combination with the oxygen atom to which R.sup.5 is bonded.

Abstract: Methods of producing carboxylic acid ester derivatives of formulae (I) and (II), which are useful, for instance, as intermediates for producing an anti-hypercholesterolemic agent having an inhibitory effect on HMG-CoA Reductase: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently a protective group for hydroxyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 integrally constitute a protective group for hydroxyl groups; R.sup.3 is an alkyl group, or an aryl group; and R.sup.4 is a substituted aryl group, a substituted heterocyclic group, a substituted vinyl group, or a substituted cycloalkenyl group; and ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are respectively the same as defined in the above formula (I), are disclosed. In addition, intermediates for use in these methods of producing the carboxylic acid ester derivatives are disclosed.

Abstract: A 4-fluorobiphenyl derivative of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A is a .omega.-oxycarbonyldihydroxybutyl group of formula (II): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkaline metal or an alkaline earth metal; a tetrahydropyranyl group of formula (III): ##STR3## or a .omega.-oxycarbonyl-3-oxobutyl group of formula (IV): ##STR4## wherein R.sup.3 is an alkyl group; R.sup.1 is an alkyl group. This 4-fluorobiphenyl derivative is useful as an effective component for a cholesterol or lipid lowering agent.

Abstract: 4-hydroxytetrahydropyran-2-one and 3,5-Dihydroxyheptanoic acid derivatives of formula (I) and formula (II) have an inhibition effect on HMG-CoA reductase, a cholesterol value reduction effect, and an antioxidation function, thus serving as cholesterol reducing agent or lipid reducing agents: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, a nitro group, or -N(R.sup.4)R.sup.5 in which R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each represent an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group; an acyl group, an aroyl group, a carbamoyl group, or a thiocarbamoyl group, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be combined to form a cyclic amino group; and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each represent hydrogen or an alkyl group; and R.sup.6 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkali metal, or an alkaline earth metal.

Abstract: 4-hydroxytetrahydropyran-2-one derivatives with general formula (I) are useful as cholesterol reducing agents as well as lipid reducing agents, serving as inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase, and capable of inhibiting the biosynthesis of peroxidized lipids, and therefore effective for curing arteriosclerosis: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represent hydrogen or a 2-tetrahydropyranyl group; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R.sub.4 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an acyl group, an aroyl group or a substituted sulfonyl group; A represents --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, or --CH.dbd.CH--; and n is an integer of 1 or 2, and intermediates for synthesizing the 4-hydroxytetrahydropyran-2-one derivatives are disclosed.

Abstract: Piperidine derivatives having the formula ##STR1## wherein R' represents an alkyl, an acyl, an alkoxycarbonyl, an amino or nitroso group;X represents oxygen or sulfur;Y represents oxygen, sulfur or a group of the formula .dbd.N--R" in which R" is hydrogen or alkyl;Z represents oxygen or a group of the formula >N--R'" in which R'" is hydrogen or alkyl;n is an integer of 1 to 4; andR represents, when n is 1, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, substituted phosphino or substituted phosphinyl, when n is 2, alkylene, alkenylene, arylene, aralkylene; alkylenediphenylene, bis-(alkoxycarbonyl) alkylene, alkylene-bis-(oxycarbonylalkyl), dialkylene ether or diphenylene ether, when n is 3, alkanetriyl,tris-(alkoxycarbonyl)alkanetriyl, alkanetriyl-tris-(oxycarbonylalkyl) or a group of the formula ##STR2## in which p is an integer of 1 through 8 inclusive, and, when n is 4, alkanetetrayl,tetrakis-(alkoxycarbonyl) alkanetetrayl or alkanetetrayl-tetrakis-(oxycarbonylalkyl).

Abstract: A novel piperidine derivative having a stabilizing effect on a synthetic polymeric material and a composition comprising said piperidine derivative and a synthetic polymeric material.

Abstract: A novel piperidine derivative having a stabilizing effect on a synthetic polymeric material and a composition comprising said piperidine derivative and a synthetic polymeric material.

Abstract: A synthetic polymer composition stabilized against photo- and thermal-deterioration comprising a stabilizing amount of a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R' represents an alkyl, an acyl, an alkoxycarbonyl, an amino or nitroso group;X represents oxygen or sulfur;Y represents oxygen, sulfur or a group of the formula = N - R" in which R" is hydrogen or alkyl;Z represents oxygen or a group of the formula >N - R'" in which R'" is hydrogen or alkyl;N is an integer of 1 to 4; andR represents, when n is 1, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, substituted phosphino or substituted phosphinyl, when n is 2, alkylene, alkenylene, arylene, aralkylene; alkylenediphenylene, bis-(carboxycarbonyl) alkylene, alkylene-bis-(oxycarbonylalkyl), dialkylene ether or diphenylene ether, when n is 3, alkanetriyl, tris-(alkoxycarbonyl)alkanetriyl, alkanetriyl-tris-(oxycarbonylalkyl) or a group of the formula ##STR2## in which p is an integer of 1 through 8 inclusive, and, when n is 4, alkanetetrayl,tetrakis-(alkoxycarb

Abstract: A novel piperidine derivative having a stabilizing effect on a synthetic polymeric material and a composition comprising said piperidine derivative and a synthetic polymeric material.

Abstract: Novel piperidine derivatives of formula: ##STR1## (wherein 2 or 3 of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the remainder of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are hydrogen atoms, and R.sub.6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an aliphatic acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or an aralkoxycarbonyl group) are useful as stabilizers for synthetic polymers.

Abstract: Piperidine-spiro-hydrantoin derivatives having the formula ##STR1## wherein X represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom; n is an integer of 1 to 4 inclusive; andR represents, when n is 1, an alkenyl group which may be substituted with halogen, an alkynyl group which may be substituted with phenyl, an aralkyl group which may be substituted with halogen, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or halomethyl, a hydroxyalkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an alkenyloxyalkyl group, an acryloxyalkyl group, an alkylthioalkyl group, an acyloxyalkyl group, an epoxyalkyl group, an N-alkyl-substituted aminoalkyl group, an alkoxycarbonylalkyl group, an aryloxycarbonylalkyl group, an aliphatic acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a phosphino group which is substituted with phenoxy or alkoxy or a phosphinyl group which is substituted with phenoxy or alkoxy,When n is 2, an alkenylene group of 4 to 18 carbon atoms, a dialkyleneether group, an aralkylene group, a bis(acyloxyalkylene) group or an alkylene-bis(oxycarbonylalkyl) group,When n is

Abstract: Piperidine-spiro-hydantoin derivatives having the formula ##SPC1##Wherein X represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom; n is an integer of 1 to 4 inclusive, and R represents various aliphatic or aromatic groups depending on the value of n.These compounds (I) are useful as stabilizers against photo and thermal deterioration of various synthetic polymers and can be prepared, for example, by reacting the corresponding 3-unsubstituted piperidine-spiro-hydantoin compound with the halide R-(X.sub.1).sub.n in which R and n are as defined herein and X.sub.1 is a halogen atom.

Abstract: Piperidine derivatives having the formula ##SPC1##WhereinR' represents an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a substituted alkoxycarbonyl group, an amino group, a substituted amino group, or nitroso group;X represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom;Y represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom or a group of the formula = N -- R" in which R" is hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a substituted alkyl group;Z represents oxygen atom or a group of the formula >N -- R'" in which R'" is hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a substituted alkyl group;n is an integer of 1 through 4 inclusive; andR represents, when n is 1, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a substituted alkoxycarbonyl group, a substituted phosphino group or a substituted phosphinyl group, when n is 2, an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, an arylene group, a substituted arylene group, an aralkylene group; an alkylenediphenylene g

Abstract: 4-Piperidone ketal derivatives of the formulae ##SPC1##And ##SPC2##Wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms and R.sub.2 represents an alkylene group of 2 or 3 carbon atoms or o-phenylene group and they are prepared by reacting triacetonamine with a monohydric alcohol of the formulaR.sub.1 --OH (III)wherein R.sub.1 is as defined above or a dihydric alcohol or phenol of the formulaR.sub.2 --(OH).sub.2 (IV)wherein R.sub.2 is as defined above in the presence of an acid catalyst. They are useful as statilizers against deterioration of synthetic polymers.